IPL 2009 is one of the unique tournaments in Indian Premier League history. Due to elections in India, the BCCI decided to shift the entire competition outside India, with South Africa hosting the tournament for the first time ever. The beautiful venues of South Africa hosted the season.
Since the tournament was in South Africa, teams preferred to stack up their pace-bowling resources. Also, some new players showed interest in the league after the successful first season. Several big names joined IPL in 2009. While some of them went on to become legends, the following five players disappeared after playing just one game in the 2009 season.
1. Rahil Shaikh played just 1 match in IPL 2009
Rahil Shaikh is an uncapped Indian player, who turned up for the Mumbai Indians against the Delhi Daredevils in 2009. Shaikh did not bat in the game, while he bowled one over, where he leaked 11 runs.
2. Ranadeb Bose played just 1 match in IPL 2009
Ranadeb Bose is a former fast bowler, who was a part of the Indian Test squad at one point in his career. While Bose never got a chance to play for India, he got an IPL match for Punjab Kings in season two, where he played against RCB and returned with figures of 0/24 in two overs.
3. Graham Napier
Graham Napier is an uncapped fast bowler from England. He got his only IPL cap in season two, when he turned up for Mumbai Indians against Kolkata Knight Riders and bowled a decent spell of 1/27 in four overs, dismissing Morne van Vyk.
4. Mashrafe Mortaza
Former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza had a long career in international cricket. However, his IPL career was short as he played just one match. In his debut and last game for KKR, Mortaza leaked 58 runs in four overs against Deccan Chargers.
5. Mohammad Ashraful
Mortaza’s former Bangladeshi teammate Mohammad Ashraful played for the Mumbai Indians in 2009. Ashraful scored two runs in the only IPL match of his career against the Delhi Daredevils.
